衛武營國家藝術文化中心 National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

I want to recall the downpour of rain

in the summer afternoons, the shape of rain.

I want to recall the light of dusk,

the fluttering dusts in the light.

I want to recall how lovers kiss and hug each other.

I want to recall your impatient look.

—47 things I want to recall before I lose my sight

Music is the rhythm of heartbeats, resonating with the mother's body. Music is the tempo of breathing, the cycle of human bodies exchanging with nature. It is the invisible fluctuations, with various speeds and vibrations of different intensity, which enable our minds and senses to break through the barriers of objects as well as to embrace with our open arms the light, love and ubiquity of the world that is beyond time and space. The philosophic and ethereal music flowing through the fingers of CHEN Chien-chi, Golden Melody Award winning composer, accompanied by the voices of such singers, music bands and poets as Waa WEI, Kowen KO, Lumi XU, HSIA Yu, Crispy, and HUNG Pei-yu, heals the cracks and wounds in our lives with intertwining emotions and reverberating energies. They will jointly perform classic pieces with new arrangements to bring to life the world of sincerity that has been imprinted in their memories and witnessed with their minds.

  Pre-talk  

2021/11/25(Thu)19:00 Concert Hall Auditorium

  Artists introduction  

MUSIC DIRECTOR│CHEN Chien-chi

CHEN Chien-chi is the music director of the Mr.Wing Theatre Company and Pourquoi Pas Music Limited. He is the founder of Forgood Music and Forgood Sound. His musical works range from theatre, movies, popular music, to advertising industry. CHEN Chien-chi has been nominated for the Golden Bell, Golden Melody, and Golden Horse Awards. He won the Best Sound Award of the Golden Bell Awards, Best Music Arrangement and Producer of the Year, Single Awards of the Golden Melody Awards, and categories of the Golden Horse Awards.

ARTISTIC DIRECTOR│LI Huan-hsiung

LI is currently Artistic Director at Mr.Wing Theatre Company, as well as full-time associate professor at the Graduate Institute of Performing Arts, Tunghai University.  As a founding member of the Rive-Gauche Theatre Group and Creative Society Theatre Company. Later in 1990s, LI expanded his career into the category of musicals, operas and multimedia stage productions, and becoming one of the most presenting theatre director in Taiwan.

LI's recent directing works include: Giacomo Puccini's Turandot (Deutsch oper am Rhein/National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts-Weiwuying, 2015-2019). Jonathan Dove's The Monster in the Maze (National Taichung Theatre, 2016). Mr. Wing Theatre Company's The Rainbow of Time: a musical; Turn Left, Turn Right: a musical; Jimmy's Subway:a musical; The Cherry Orchard 2047; Lutz Hubner's The Company Thanks You (featured in TIFA); Starlight Theatre; Taipei Dad, New York Mom (featured in TIFA). Vincenzo Bellini's Norma, Richard Wagner's full cycle of The Ring, Richard Strauss's Elektra, Richard Wagner's Parsifal and On the Road with the NSO.

Presenter: National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying)

Co-commissioned by National Theater & Concert Hall, Hakka Affairs Council and Cultural Affairs Bureau, Tainan City Government. World premier on April 16th, 2021, at National Concert Hall, Taipei. Outdoor premiere in October at 2021 Tainan Arts Festival Opening.